William Accambray
| William Accambray | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
8 April 1988 Cannes, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Saran Loiret Handball | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2002 | ASPTT Grasse | ||
2002–2003 | HBMMS | ||
2003–2005 | Mandelieu | ||
2005–2008 | Montpellier HB | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2008–2014 | Montpellier HB | ||
2014–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
2017–2019 | Telekom Veszprém | ||
2018–2019 | → RK Celje (loan) | ||
2019–2020 | HC Meshkov Brest | ||
2020–2023 | Pays d'Aix UC | ||
2023– | Saran Loiret Handball | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009– | France | 105 | (223) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2023 | |||
William Gérald Accambray (born 8 April 1988) is a French handball player who plays for Saran Loiret Handball and for the French national team.
With the French national team, he is a three time world champion, in 2011,[1][2] 2015 and 2017.
He is the son of hammer thrower Jacques Accambray and Isabelle Accambray.[3]
Career
[edit]Accambray started playing handball at the age of 6 at ASPTT Grasse. At 14 he joined Handball Mougins Mouans-Sartoux. A year later he joined Mandelieu HB. His professional career started at HB Mougins Mouans-Sartoux Mandelieu in the French second tier.
In 2008 he joined top flight team Montpellier HB. In the 2010-11 season he was named the best player in the Division 1.[4] In the 2011-12 season he extended his contract with Montpellier until 2016.[5]
In 2014 he joined league rivals Paris Saint-Germain together with Thierry Omeyer.[6]
In 2017 he joined Hungarian KC Veszprém.[7]
From October 2018 until the end of the 2018-19 season he was loaned to Slovenian RK Celje.[8] Afterwards he joined Belarussian team HC Meshkov Brest.[9] After a year in Belarus he returned to France to join Pays d'Aix UC.[10]
In 2023 he joined Saran Loiret Handball.[11]
National team
[edit]Accambray debuted for the French national team on 19 May 2009 against Portugal.
His first medal for France was at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara.[12] A year later he won the 2010 European Championship in Austria. In 2011 he won the 2011 World Championship beating Denmark in the final.
At the 2012 Olympics he won gold medals with the French team.
In 2014 he won the European Championship for a second time, and in 2015 he won the World Championship for a second time. His third world championship came in 2017.
Achievements
[edit]- Olympic Games:
- Winner: 2012
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2011, 2015, 2014
- European Championship:
- Winner: 2010, 2014
- LNH Division 1:
- Winner: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Coupe de France:
- Winner: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
- Belarussian championship:
- Winner: 2020
References
[edit]- ^ "William Accambray Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Accambray, une famille de champions". Le Parisien (in French). 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ www.handball-planet.com
- ^ archiv.thw-handball.de
- ^ "Ab an die Seine: Omeyer und Accambray wechseln in Frankreich" (in German). handball-world.com. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "William Accambray à Veszprém, c'est officiel" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Accambray on loan to Celje". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Olympiasieger Accambray kehrt nicht nach Veszprem zurück" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "PAUC want to make the most of group phase debut". eurohandball.com (in German). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "William Accambray signe à Saran" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Seul l'argent pour les garçons" (in French). www.handzone.net. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
External links
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cannes
- French male handball players
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for France
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- European champions for France
- French expatriate handball players in Hungary
- French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Montpellier Handball players
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
- Paris Saint-Germain Handball players